On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 16, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >>> Only downside with GUID is index bloat and repagination as necessary. >> >> GUID's are larger, but I really don't think they'll cause practical >> problems being >> larger. > > > They are pretty neutral for most indexing systems. Larger=slower, but > more random distribution=faster. -------------------------------------------------------
Sorry it has nothing to do with length, and everything to do with position in the index. When there is no space available it has to make space by separating the file, inserting new space and then filing in index data. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
